Rapid Eye Movies

Rapid Eye Movies is a German film label dealing in distribution, production and music. Since 1996 the company has been distributing highly esthetical and extraordinary cinematic gems. As distributor, ­Rapid Eye ­Movies triggered the breakthrough of ­Asian directors like Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Park Chan-wook and Kim ­Ki-Duk for Germany and popular Indian cinema in Europe. The focus has been extended bringing together filmmakers and longtime companions from a diverse array of cultures and artistic spheres – from music to film and visual arts – such as Christopher Doyle, Khavn de la Cruz, SABU, Ashim Ahluwahlia, Stereo Total, Mario Lombardo and Alexander Kluge and more to come to join the Rapid Eye Family, to create and produce movies that push boundaries and defy the conventional.
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  • The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

    The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

    1985

    1h.40min

    6 FSK

    This totally crazy cult musical about 80s boy-band mania from Japan teams up stars from the music and manga scene.


  • Women Hell Song

    Women Hell Song

    1970

    1h.16min

    16+

    One of the few Pink Films produced by a woman, this movie combines Buddhist symbolism with the genres of adventure and samurai films.


  • Wild Zero OmU

    Wild Zero OmU

    1999

    1h.39min

    18 FSK

    Inspired by George Romero as well as The Ramones, this Japanese trash zombie rock 'n' roll film comes up with a surprisingly inclusive message.


  • Pornostar

    Pornostar

    1998

    1h.33min

    18 FSK

    In Shibuya, the neon-lit epicenter of Japanese youth culture, a lone perpetrator begins his orgy of violence against the ruling Yakuza.


  • Tezuka's Barbara

    Tezuka's Barbara

    2020

    1h.40min

    16 FSK

    To mark the 90th birthday of the legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka, his son filmed the live-action version of his Manga, 'Barbara'.


  • Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

    Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

    2016

    1h.27min

    16 FSK

    Filipino enfant terrible Khavn (de la Cruz) paints a frightening vision of a world running headlong towards the abyss.


  • Blue Film Woman

    Blue Film Woman

    1969

    1h.17min

    16 FSK

    Visually colorful, gritty in content, Japanese erotic revenge film by the master of the pink film genre, Kan Mukai.


  • Abnormal Family

    Abnormal Family

    1984

    1h.2min

    18 FSK

    This erotic comedy is both a critique of the Japanese family image and a sexually playful homage to Japanese director Ozu Yasujirô.


  • Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

    Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

    2018

    1h.36min

    16+

    Unparalleled, intimate profile of the critically acclaimed artist M.I.A. that chronicles her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star.


  • Jam

    Jam

    2018

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    Three stories converge in a brilliant and hilarious finale from SABU, the Japanese master of darkly humorous arthouse cinema.


  • Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    1967

    1h.26min

    16+

    This style-setting iconic film by Japan's pink film movement offers an experimental mix of genres about gender roles, violence, and obsession.


  • I.K.U.

    I.K.U.

    2000

    1h.13min

    18 FSK

    „This film is not made for masturbation. It’s made for collective orgasm.“


  • Orphea

    Orphea

    2021

    1h.39min

    12 FSK

    Alexander Kluge and the multi-media artist Khavn revive the Orpheus myth and use it as a starting point for a true revolution.


  • Happiness

    Happiness

    2017

    1h.31min

    16 FSK

    Japanese arthouse gem from cult director Sabu, where good luck and bad luck are side by side. With Masatoshi Nagase (Paterson).


  • Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute

    Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute

    1971

    1h.13min

    16 FSK

    A mesmerizing poetic narrative about a group of teenagers navigating the confusing world of sexuality, desire, conformity and capitalism.


  • Fluidø

    Fluidø

    2017

    1h.17min

    18 FSK

    A post-porn multimedia artwork of bodily fluids that challenges gender norms.


  • Trouble Every Day

    Trouble Every Day

    2001

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    Claire Denis uses intimate imagery to tell the story of two couples whose self-destructive desires will have deadly consequences.


  • Branded to Kill

    Branded to Kill

    1967

    1h.31min

    16 FSK

    More stylish than James Bond, BRANDED TO KILL made more waves than the Nouvelle Vague.


  • Ray & Liz

    Ray & Liz

    2018

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through ...


  • The Whispering Star

    The Whispering Star

    2015

    1h.40min

    0 FSK

    In a distant future in which humanity is almost extinct, the android ID 722 Yoko Suzuki works as an interstellar parcel messenger.


  • My Talk With Florence

    My Talk With Florence

    2015

    2h.9min

    12 FSK

    Florence is trapped at an early age in a hotbed of cruelty. Sexually abused and raped within her own family, she runs away from home as a teenager.


  • Lowlife Love

    Lowlife Love

    2015

    1h.50min

    16 FSK

    In the performance-oriented Japanese metropolis of Tokyo, the loose Tetsuo keeps his head above water by shooting cheap soft porn.


  • Ruined Heart

    Ruined Heart

    2014

    1h.13min

    16 FSK

    Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. He uses religion and violence to stay in power. What superstition and razzle dazzle don’t ...


  • Atari: Game Over

    Atari: Game Over

    2014

    1h.6min

    0 FSK

    Did the Atari company really dump tons of video tapes in the desert?


  • Sunrise

    Sunrise

    2014

    1h.25min

    12 FSK

    The search for his missing daughter repeatedly leads policeman Partho into the city's dingy nightclubs.


  • The Patience Stone

    The Patience Stone

    2012

    1h.44min

    12 FSK

    Golshifteh Farahani plays the dutyful wife of an paralyzed Jihadists, who begins to confess her real feelings.


  • Underwater Love - A Pink Musical

    Underwater Love - A Pink Musical

    2011

    1h.23min

    16 FSK

    A wacky spectacle of love, music and sex, a cross between a soft porn movie, a Japanese death cult and a musical, with music by Stereo Total.


  • Cold Fish

    Cold Fish

    2010

    2h.26min

    18 FSK

    Inspired by the true case of a Japanese serial killer, Cold Fish forms the second part in Sion Sono's hate trilogy.


  • Mondomanila

    Mondomanila

    2010

    1h.12min

    18 FSK

    Tony knows nothing but tough times, living in the bleak circus of the slums he calls home amongst denizens of the underworld.


  • Mr. Long

    Mr. Long

    2017

    2h.9min

    16 FSK

    A hitman on the run finds a safe haven thanks to his cooking skills.


  • Cemetery of Splendour

    Cemetery of Splendour

    2015

    2h.2min

    0 FSK

    A group of soldiers in a small town on the Mekong River in northern Thailand are struck with a bizarre sleeping illness.


  • Space Is the Place

    Space Is the Place

    1974

    1h.22min

    12 FSK

    Wacky 70s sci-fi music story about the music prophet Sun Ra, who has to save the earth.


  • The Last Movie

    The Last Movie

    1971

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    One of the legendary films of New Hollywood: Dennis Hopper's THE LAST MOVIE disappeared so quickly from theaters in 1971 that few have seen it. After ...


  • Funeral Parade of Roses

    Funeral Parade of Roses

    1969

    1h.44min

    16 FSK

    The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in the Tokyo gay scene of the late 1960s.


  • Searching For Sugar Man

    Searching For Sugar Man

    2012

    1h.26min

    0 FSK

    Oscar-winning documentary: The incredible, true story of Rodriguez, great '70s rock icon. The moving musical detective story won numerous awards.


  • Free Speech Fear Free

    Free Speech Fear Free

    2016

    1h.20min

    6 FSK

    In this compelling documentary, Tarquin Ramsay asks just one question: What is the freedom of expression?


  • Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

    Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

    2014

    1h.46min

    12 FSK

    A Japanese slacker comedy about the loveable Fuku, who is too shy to speak to women.


  • Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter

    1966

    1h.22min

    12 FSK

    One of Japan's most talented maverick directors transforms a standard gangster film plot into a vehicle for his own loopy brand of filmmaking, featuring ...